Previous Assessments
Poster Presentation
Acquisitonal Crime and Consumer Capitalism
Presenting how consumer capitalism has contributed to an increase in the prevalence of acquisitive crime - discussing anomie, ubiquity of advertisements, capitalist realism, and market crashes (and the affect of crashes on economic inequality).
Research Report - 2000 words
Factors Influencing Police and Crime Comissioner Contact
A research report using Chi Square and a Logistic Regression Analysis to explore weather sex, ethnicity and household income affect whether a person contacts their local Police and Crime Comissioner. Data taken from the Crime Survey for England and Wales 2017-2018.
Essay - 2000 words
Consumerism and Green Criminology
An essay asnwering the statement "Consumer culture has had a destructive effect on western societal culture and fanned the flames of criminality". I used the crimes committed in LEDCs and the harmful effect manufacture has on the environment to answer this statement.
Essay - 1500 words
Ethnicity, Nationality and Immigration Policy
An essay responding to the statement 'critically evaluate the relationship between race and ethnicity and the state’s approach to immigration policy'.
Explores Theory of Moral Disengagement and refutes the idea that immigration is unracialized.
Essay - 1000 words
Prison System and Female Inmates
“The prison system in England and Wales is unfit for the purpose of housing women sentenced to a custodial sentence” Discuss.
Explores how the prison system inadequately addresses the physical health of women (pregnancy, menstruation), mental health (increased amount of self-harm/suicide attempts) and lack of provisions for mothers.
Podcast - 8 minutes
The Argument For Pretrial Detention
A podcast style recording fighting in favour of remand in custody - looks at public protection and Utilitarian values, lack of alternatives for dangerous offenders, and refutes a common critique (that pretrial detention is disproportionally used against BAME individuals).
Presentation - 8 minutes
Police Brutality Victimization & Media Representations
A PowerPoint presentation for an 8 minute talk, discussing how the media influences police brutality victims' access to justice. Analyses contemporary examples of police brutality, Ideal Victim, and the effect of new media.
Report - 1000 words
Structural Inequalities & Victimization of Mentally Disabled
“Critically examine the extent to which structural inequalities contribute to variable experiences of victimisation on the basis of at least one of the following characteristics: ethnicity, religious affiliation, gender, sexual orientation/identity and/or disability.”
Explores intersectionality (gender and economic status) and access to the CJS, specifically Stigmatization and police victimization.
Essay - 2000 words
Universal/Abstract Terrorism and Neoliberalism
“How do universal/abstract terrorist groups and strategic terrorist groups differ? How does a terror group’s ideological approach impact target selection and recruitment? How does a terror group’s ideological approach effect how governments respond to them? How do these ideological approaches impact a terrorist group’s success?”
Interrogates the 'Free Rider Problem', and employs post-colonial perspectives and concludes by analysing the commodification and identity construction utilised by some extremist groups.
Essay - 2000 words
Sex Trafficking Laws Increase Risks to Vicitms
"Critically analyse the extent to which the law increases risks for victims of sex trafficking."
Explains how the law exacerbates sex trafficking through criminalizing, incarcerating and deporting victims of sex trafficking. Identifies key pieces of legislation such as the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and the Immigration Act 1971 - and discusses how they’re bullshit.
Presentation - 10 minutes
Sex Trafficking Laws Increase Risks to Vicitms
"How is sex trafficking regulated in the UK."
Explains how the law exacerbates sex trafficking through criminalizing, incarcerating and deporting victims of sex trafficking. Identifies key pieces of legislation such as the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and the Immigration Act 1971 - and discusses how they’re bullshit.
Similar-ish to the essay on the right, but this focuses more on feminist theoretical perspectives and has my mug in it.